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Version: 3.2.9.5

Add a Gateway Instance

A gateway instance is a single proxy that handles traffic. Gateway instances belong to gateway groups. This document describes how to add a gateway instance to a gateway group using any of the following methods:

  • Docker
  • Kubernetes

Prerequisites

  1. Obtain a user account with Super Admin or Runtime Admin role.
  2. Add a gateway group. This tutorial assumes that you have created a gateway group named Production.
  3. Install Docker if you add a gateway instance using Docker.
  4. Install Helm and Kubernetes if you add a gateway instance using Kubernetes.

:::Warning

If you use a platform like OpenShift, you need to grant API7 Enterprise Security Context Constraints (SCC) in advance.

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Steps

  1. Click the Production gateway group and then click Add Gateway Instance.
  2. Follow the instructions on the page to perform the following operations.
    • Set the HTTP port ID and HTTPS port ID to 9080 and 9443 respectively.
    • (Optional) set the gateway instance name to test.
  3. Click Generate to get the commands that are used to add the gateway instance to the Production gateway group.
  4. Open a terminal and run the generated commands.

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